The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-08-11
PROHIBITION IN TEXAS.
The Amendment - frs ed by n Large Ma
Jority-An Eoiging Contest.

The Amendment - fra ed by q Large Wa
JoritY-An Loiging Contest.
GALVESTON, Tex, Aug. 5.-The election
upon the amendments TO the constitution,
submitted 10 the people by the last Legis-
lature for their ratification, took place yes
terd. y
Ali interest centered in the prohibition
Amendment. The campaign for and against
its ratification was conducted with vlgor.
Never IN the history Of Texas has such
canvass been wdgcd. 1t was no party issue.
The ablcst men Of both parties were ar
raved against each other IN the contest, and
able men from abroad took part. The
papers Of the State discuss ID daily for and
against, until the people from one end OF
the great State T. the other we're thorough
ly aroused. For months the question was
dscussc from every rostrum and p at
form IN TexIs, until the alignment
became sharply drawn and the tension ex-
ceedingly taut. Be ween he pros and
the ants, each side was conf lent of VIC
tory. The result, however, has ben
Waterloo 70 the ProhibltIonistS. tn re-
turns thus far in iicate that the amendment
has been defeatel by ma )rity appr XXI
mating 41,JOL All the La ge town, we
mAjoriies against IT, except Fort w WJrtn,
which gave a majority of l9S for 1t. Iha
election, while holy contested throughout
the State passed of quietly, and tn best
Of order prevailed al the polls. The total
vote of the city, Incluling he Thirteen
precinct, is 4SS4-for prohibition, l,l53;
against, 3, ,729. Tue oh r am irnents re-
celved mljorities except the one extending
the time OF ling the L g stature and Ia
creasing the pay Of members.
The Ners' returns up to midnight from
45O polling precincts clearly Indicate that
ho arpapHuDapt iS defeated 6y
6OOOO. 1t will BE- impossible to give the
exact result unit the official is made. The
results indicate that all the o. her amend
ments except that one extending the time
of holding the Legislature, have carried.
FORT WORTH DISPATCH.
FoRr WORTH, Tex, Aug. 5.-While there
was a good deal of enthusiasm here yes err
day there was no excitement and no trouble
of any character. The vote IN Fort Worth
fell off 100 votes from the city election in
April, the stay-at-home vote beng anti
prohibition. The four wards In the CITY
gave a majority in favor of pro
hibltion of 1875 while the country
boxes heard from increase the pro-
hI5tion majority IN Tarraut County TO 81
Large sums OF money were bet here on the
result IN both the county and State. The
news from the State shows to certainty
that Texas mas voted atainst prohibition.
Prohibitionists cOncede only 20. 600 majority
against prohibition, but conservative pros
acknowledge the amendment Is defe ted
by 10000 majority. The executive commit
tee of the ants proclaim the majority In
the State to be at least 6J,OOO aud say that
it will probably reach IS O0O
The negro Republicans in the State voted
largely against prohlbl ion, while the white
Repu bcans voted in favor of prohibition.
In Tarrant County the straight Prohlbl, ION
lists. who have heretofore refused to vota
Wi h either of the cid parties, deserted their
colars to great extent and did not vote.
They say they do not like the question be-
| ing sunm ted as non-partisan one. The
prohibition Democrats and Republicans are
| astCuuded at their action.
lhe Proh bitloHists admit their defeat IN
the State by 1860 majority. The Anti
Prohibltiouists claim $1,000 majority.
sxty-nine towns give 4 Jl7 majority against
prohl btion.